Total 1 purchasing procurement inventory job vacancies in Kensington and Chelsea, London, W8 7NX

Our Client has an exciting opportunity for a procurement and contract officer to join their team covering a London borough. The main purpose of this role is to support the Procurement and Contract Management Team Managers in securing the continuous development, improvement, efficiency and success of the Temporary Accommodation and Resettlement department as a whole.

Key responsibilities

• To assist with developing and delivering strategies, policies and programmes to ensure the effective supply and management of accommodation for homeless cases, with a strong focus on reducing levels of usage and promoting value for money.
• To commission, procure, and manage the supply of accommodation, including temporary accommodation, direct lets, and private rented sector accommodation.
• To successfully tender, evaluate and let contracts to providers, ensuring quality, value for money and compliance with the Council's financial regulations and legal requirements, as well as those imposed by external agencies such as London Councils and the MHCLG.
• To develop and maintain effective relationships with private sector landlords, local managing and lettings agents and owners of empty properties in order to secure use of privately rented properties for households in housing need in the Borough.
• To carry out inspections of properties in order to assess their suitability for households in housing need, investigate persistent disrepair complaints and/or to take property inventories for those properties. This will include some properties outside the Borough's boundaries.

You will need

• Qualified to undertake property inspection under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System or ability to obtain qualification.
• Experience of procurement and contract management including identifying and successfully addressing under performance
• Experience of working in a social/private sector housing environment or related field
• An understanding of the private rented sector and of the issues relating to the acquisition of accommodation, including security of tenure, health and safety, housing standards, and housing benefit regulations

If you have the skills or would like to know more about this opportunity then please apply now!

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